rest_handler.go

package cas

import (
	"net/http"

	"github.com/golang/glog"
)

// restClientHandler handles CAS REST Protocol over HTTP Basic Authentication
type restClientHandler struct {
	c *RestClient
	h http.Handler
}

// ServeHTTP handles HTTP requests, processes HTTP Basic Authentication over CAS Rest api
// and passes requests up to its child http.Handler.
func (ch *restClientHandler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
	if glog.V(2) {
		glog.Infof("cas: handling %v request for %v", r.Method, r.URL)
	}

	username, password, ok := r.BasicAuth()
	if !ok {
		w.Header().Set("WWW-Authenticate", "Basic realm=\"CAS Protected Area\"")
		w.WriteHeader(401)
		return
	}

	// TODO we should implement a short cache to avoid hitting cas server on every request
	// the cache could use the authorization header as key and the authenticationResponse as value

	success, err := ch.authenticate(username, password)
	if err != nil {
		if glog.V(1) {
			glog.Infof("cas: rest authentication failed %v", err)
		}
		w.Header().Set("WWW-Authenticate", "Basic realm=\"CAS Protected Area\"")
		w.WriteHeader(401)
		return
	}

	setAuthenticationResponse(r, success)
	ch.h.ServeHTTP(w, r)
	return
}

func (ch *restClientHandler) authenticate(username string, password string) (*AuthenticationResponse, error) {
	tgt, err := ch.c.RequestGrantingTicket(username, password)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	st, err := ch.c.RequestServiceTicket(tgt)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	return ch.c.ValidateServiceTicket(st)
}